Lenovo - 15.6" Laptop - AMD A6-Series - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black

Bought it for just over $200. I'll cut to the chase. Processor speeds, RAM, HD space, whether a laptop is good for gaming, downloading large files, viewing things like TV shows online: If you are a gamer or huge online streamer I have no idea if this laptop is for you but I'd guess that if that's your criteria, it's going to cost you more than a little over $200. Processor speeds: It's been mentioned the AMD A6 processor and limited RAM makes this laptop 'slow.' Slow is a state of mind. If fractions of a second processor-wise is an issue, again, you may be out of your price point. I use this laptop for online surfing/email, microsoft office including ppt/spreadsheet, viewing TV shows online, storing/organizing photos and utilizing the DVD drive. I do not use it for any gaming of any type. So for me it works fine...with a good wifi connection, everything, including watching shows online, show no lag. I've watched DVDs; no problem. The actual HD is 500 GBs; again, HD size is a state of mind. I can deal with 500 gb. And I can also transfer things to somewhere outside this HD if space becomes an issue. For many average laptop users, as a personal laptop, I would recommend it even if only based on the performance vs. price. But it's got a few things I'mm not happy with. There's 2 standard USB ports. I knew that going in; the number of ports isn't the issue. But they're right next to each other, and very close to each other. Right now I have a very narrow logitech plug in in one of the ports for my wireless mouse. And yet if I simply try to insert a standard Sandisk thumbdrive next to it, they both don't fit; too wide. So it's really silly to me that whenever I want to insert anything except a micro thumbdrive into my laptop, I have to remove my wireless mouse. And even then, I can't, for example, insert 2 of my Sandisk thumbdrives at the same time, even when I've removed my wireless mouse. My other major complaint: The Enter and Shift buttons on the RH side of the keyboard. Most standard keyboards have some variation of the Enter button on the ASDF keyboard line RH side and the Shift button on the line below, on the RH side. The Shift button is often 'longer' than the Enter button so that when a right handed person is typing and has to capitalize every sentence the Shift button is easily accessed via your RH pinkie, mostly because the Shift button sticks right out below your pinkie. On this keyboard the RH Shift button is less than half the length of standard keyboards. So it's a pain to type because so often you think you're hitting the Shift key but you hit the Enter key instead and the cursor leaves you.... And I know the Shift and Enter key locations may seem trivial but they are not, especially to 'larger fingered' people such as myself and people who type via the standard asdf/jkl; method. I've enclosed pics of a 'standard' keyboard and this reviewed one so you can see what I'm talking about.

I purchased this Laptop to be used with my Goto Telescope mount and for astro imaging! When you first load it up it is a bit confusing to set up and get running. So many unnecessary steps but that is Windows 10 and Microsoft for you. I still think Windows 7 home or pro is a lot faster by far. That is a matter of opinion and many argue against me on it. Just from experience that's all! I also ran the set up and MSCONFIG and there is so much stuff running that does not need to be running. You can literally turn off like 80% of those services and this will be a speed demon. Once it is set up; you will want to speed it up a bit by uninstalling some useless software and apps this machine has loading up. You also want to unplug everything from the task-bar because it does slow down this already slow laptop. Now that I did all of that; it runs a lot faster. Now to figure out how to upgrade from 4 to 8 GB of memory. If you are looking for a beast kind of Laptop then skip over this machine because this is a basic Laptop for basic needs and functions. Yeah its great for movies, Great for photo editing. Not Great for gaming unless it is arcade style games or old 8 bit Atari Style Games from like the 80's. :) Its not good for video editing either. The reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars was because the quality is poor. The memory can be upgraded to 8GB but no memory cover on the bottom so who knows how to upgrade it. It is very very thin and if you press your hand on the top cover while closed; there's a great chance you will destroy the display. It is poorly made that if you tossed it on your bed; it would still probably break so be extra careful when handling it. Its that chincy! I am surprised though because Lenovo does make some really decent laptops. However given the price this is what you can expect for that price range. Still not bad for that price. Overall it gets the basic function jobs done. Like I said I am using it just to control my computerized Telescope and capture images. Basic Stuff! I will still recommend it for those looking for a basic laptop. I bought it on the Cyber Deals for 197.00. However it is back up to 279.00 so I would wait for it to drop down again to 200.00 since 279.00 is a bit steep for this now. What they could have improved on. Easier access to upgrade memory. Better power supply and battery. The frame could have been better. The side ports should have better spacing because its hard to plug two things in at once. If you use a USB device its best you use the wireless function since trying to plug in a Ethernet cable and USB are so tight together. Lastly Windows 10. I do not know what Microsoft was thinking when they sat down and said lets make this operating system. Again its a matter of opinion but I think Windows 10 is horrible. However I broke down because of the price of this machine. :) Anyhow I will still recommend it to anyone in the market of an inexpensive Laptop!

This is my first Lenovo laptop. I saw many reviews with complaints about the RH shift key being next to the "up" arrow and smaller in size. First off, I hardly use the RH shift key (just what I have grown accustomed to) so this doesn't apply to me. The few times I have used it, it took me just a split second to glance at the keyboard to make sure I was hitting it-no big deal. I also read reviews that said the computer was very slow. I have to disagree. The computer is plenty fast for what I use it for, and was actually quite surprised by the speed. Is it as fast as an i7 processor? Absolutely not, but it is good for what it is. I chose this laptop because I didn't have the money in my account to buy a $500+ laptop and needed one ASAP to replace my i3 that died on my after 6 years of hard use. I have had this laptop for a few weeks now and use it for my business. I do a lot of emailing, basic social media marketing ad designing, online shopping, Facebooking, messaging, organizing meetings with clients, PayPal, etc.and am typically on my computer for 2-5 hours/day. If you need a solid, basic computer, this is a great one. If you need one to do webpage designing, extensive social media ad creating/marketing, lots of video downloading, gaming, etc., go for a $500+ laptop. My wife has an HP with an i7 and a 12GB Ram, and quite honestly, I love how sleek and lightweight the Lenovo is and how comfortable the keyboard is (for me) over my wife's HP. I also love that the screen opens up to 180 degrees so I can sit in bed and type with my laptop propped up on my knees, while still being able to see the screen. My wife likes the Lenovo too! Hope this helps someone with questions!

I was looking for a laptop to use only for simple tasks such as browsing the internet. I use a desktop for anything important and thought it would be nice to have a laptop so that I could use the internet throughout the house. On paper this laptop would be great. It's not built for multi-tasking, but that shouldn't have been a problem given my needs. Unfortunately this laptop was just frustrating to use. In 14 days worth of use I had to do a hard reset at least three times because it would freeze. The computer often took over 3 minutes to boot up, and when it finally did start it was usually very slow and clunky. I turned off all the data tracking features that Windows 10 would allow me to turn off and the only things I installed where Chrome, Avast Antivirus (free version) and the KeyTweak App (more on that to come). Yet even with so few processes running and practically nothing installed this computer was incredibly slow. In addition, I had to disable tapping on the touchpad because even when I set the sensitivity to the lowest possible setting it would still often mistake a very light brush stroke from my finger as a tap. Also, as many other users have mentioned the keyboard layout is very frustrating in that the right shift key is half the normal size and is displaced to allow for an up arrow key. I know there's a rep from Lenovo who reads these reviews and offers suggestions. I did end up downloading the KeyTweak app and remapping the right shift and up arrow key as he/she suggested. That made things a little better but it's annoying that I had to remap my keyboard at all and I'd say it still wasn't that user friendly because the arrow keys then had to have a very bizarre layout. Also the speakers are awful; the max volume is rather low and it has a very metallic/tinny sound. I tried very hard to like this computer, but it was just impossible for me to use it without getting frustrated. My desktop which runs Windows 7 and is several years old and my wife's MacBook Air which she bought in 2014 run without any problems whatsoever but this brand new laptop/notebook couldn't even scroll through facebook for more than 5 seconds without being clunky and slow. As a result I ended up returning it. I just couldn't make this computer work and I can't recommend it. I do want to give major props to Best Buy for being great with their return policy.

I will write the cons first so people can decide whether it is worth it. Cons: 1. Two USB ports are so close to each other so only one port can be used in reality. 2. Right shift key is placed in an awkward position. 3. Sound is smaller than usual laptop, need to adjust up 15%(but still can be heard) 4. mousepad is not that sensitive, it can stop in halfway 5. battery life is short, about 3 hours in simple processing and shorter for heavy work . Most of the cons is just appearance, will not affect performance too much. Pro: 1. CPU is good as it is 2689 in cpu mark. 2. RAM is 4G, enough for everyday work and small games 3. HDD is 500G, great for storaging photo and documents. 4. contains HDMI and DVD Drive I have seen people complaining that it is slow. YES. It is slow at the beginning. It takes me about 3 mins to turn on the laptop and another 2 min to wait for desktop to be ready. However, it can be fixed up several means. I uninstall all the trashware, disable the unnecessary task in the startup, use only selective startup in the system configuration, changing the paging file from 1333m to 4096m and adjust for best performance in visual effect. Now to turn on the laptop, it only takes 24 sec from pressing power button to desktop background and another 1 min to open the chrome and open youtube page. This is not i5 or i7. Don't expect a speed demon. It can only be comparable with Pentium and some i3 at most. Its a good value for the people that know how to optimize system and turn of the background service. If you do not optimize it, it can freeze every day. Basically, the laptop will not freeze more than 3 sec if you optimize all the things, under light-use condition. This is mainly for basic work and watching videos and low requirement gaming. PS. I have tried playing lol and it takes a long time in loading screen. However, under low setting, it can reach to 70 to 90 fps in lane and 40 to 60 fps in team fight, if you close all the other windows. Its playable and not bad. But you may get random 10 to 30 fps once in a game.

To begin, it's a rather smart looking laptop...slim and lightweight. It doesn't have the typical "cheap" feel that most laptops in this price range possess. With that being said, this is a laptop that functions in line with its price. It's woefully slow...period. But a lot of its slowness can be attributed to the cumbersome and the completely out-of-touch design of Windows 10. I can't for the life of me figure out how Microsoft thought this was in any way an upgrade or improvement over any of its previous versions of Windows. In an effort to make it more user friendly, they completely over-thought it and instead made it a nightmare to use and navigate through. Because it is such a drain on resources, the Lenovo basically has an operating system that is way out of its ability to adequately handle, thus making the user's experience torturous when using any of the Office programs, Web browser, or other "high-end" software. The screen resolution is inferior to other machines in this price range. Pictures, graphics and text are fuzzy, although certainly not to the point of being unreadable. Anyone who has much experience at keyboarding will go nuts at the placement of the right "Shift" key! I have found its easier to simply use the left "Shift" key and simply adapt myself. I found that the laptop is a bit difficult to open compared to higher-end models. This is because the screen hinges are "sticky". When it is all said and done, this particular laptop is okay for checking emails, writing assignments, surfing the web, etc. For watching videos, playing graphic-rich games, or other memory-intense applications, this is not the laptop to buy.

I just purchased this laptop, and I'm getting ready to return it. 1) The lag time is wayyyy longer than the older laptop it was to replace. I checked reviews, and I talked with the sales staff before purchase. I was assured that this computer would be faster. It's constantly lagging. How can it be lagging more than the older (and cheaper) laptop it was replacing? 2) Lenovo has redesigned the placement of keys on the QUERTY keyboard. The location where the RIGHT SHIFT key *should* be located has been replaced by the PAGE UP key. Why on earth would they do this? If you like to hunt and peck your way through typing, it will be fine. It may not look like a huge deal, but if you know how to type, but if you actually know how to type, you won't have time for that nonsense. I found a solution online via freeware to switch the keys, but the shape of the key still isn't right. 3) The touchpad has a very strange feel to it. The touchpad buttons do not activate unless you hit them exactly in the right spot. The button are about 1 1/2" wide, but the only part that actually works is the right 1/3 of the button. The click buttons, the touchpad, and the surface of the laptop are almost completely flush. Sure, that looks great, but for practical purposes, you can't find the buttons. It took me several minutes to figure out why it just feels wrong. I guess you could apply some sort of washi tape to the touchpad buttons, but why should you need to do that? It's not really something that you just "need to get used to." For these reasons, the laptop is just very disappointing. It's going back to the store.

At the price of having a slow CPU and slow GPU powered by the smallest battery I've seen in a laptop this size, you get nearly everything else you could want it to have, at a price that's almost impossible to beat for new equipment. This is perfect for: -Web browsing -Playing video DVDs -Playing older computer games from CD/DVD -Playing newer hi-def h.264/265 video content (the GPU can decode these by itself and can connect to a TV or monitor via HDMI) -Has bluetooth so you could connect up with the plethora of wireless speakers/headsets out there, as well as bluetooth keyboards/mice without using extra dongles -Running linux, if that's your thing - all the hardware is operable with it, though some features won't work in the webcam -You get a full Windows 10 on a 500GB hard drive - no pain of the smaller netbooks trying to run Windows with only 64GB or perhaps even 32GB of storage, or being driven up the wall unable to run your favorite software on ChromeOS. Those aren't concerns here but often are at this price point. -Exchanging files with your SD card equipped digital camera or phone (built in SD reader) -Running many Android apps and games: Bluestacks works great for this and can leverage the virtualization feature of the CPU to accelerate it - despite being a slower PC, this machine has a lot of power in Android terms -Typing, with a large keyboard that even has a number pad If the downsides of this machine aren't too much for you, this laptop certainly can accomplish a lot for its price.